The overlooked games of 2015: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

Following Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s disastrous launch last year Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed entry, Syndicate, had to fight an uphill battle to convince people it’s better than its predecessor. It turns out that Syndicate is the series’ best game for quite some time. It’s unfortunate, however, that not many people have recognized that.

Releasing right before Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, and Star Wars: Battlefront, it’s easy to see why Syndicate got overlooked. Of course, it’s also because Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has been annualized for several years now, and all of the entries since 2011’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations have yet to live up to the quality and impact that both 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II and 2010’s Brotherhood had left.